A New Mexico-based company that flies firefighting aircraft dropped a record-setting 12 million pounds of retardant during the busy fire season

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An aerial firefighting company is experiencing an increase in business due to the busy 2021 fire season.

New Mexico-based 10 Tanker Air Carrier dropped a record-setting 12 million gallons of fire retardant this year.Firefighting aircraft are a powerful tool for battling forest fires, especially during the record-breaking 2021 fire season that saw 73 fires burn over 3.2 million acres of land across 12 states.

A specialist of the local forest protection service works to extinguish a forest fire near the village of Magaras in the region of Yakutia, Russia July 17, 2021.According to the National Interagency Fire Center, US wildfires surpassed 65 days of continuous burning at Preparedness Level 5, setting a record for the number of days at that level. Preparedness Level 5 is issued when more than 80% of the country's firefighting resources are used.

Firefighters monitor the Sugar Fire, part of the Beckwourth Complex Fire, as it burns at Frenchman Lake in Plumas National Forest, Calif., on Thursday, July 8, 2021.

 

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